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The Talladega athletic teams are called the Tornadoes. The college is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the HBCU Athletic Conference, formerly the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC), since the 2023–2024 academic year.
Swayne Hall is the oldest building on the campus of Talladega College in Talladega, Talladega County, Alabama, United States. It was built in 1857 by slaves for use by a Baptist men's college. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974 for Talladega College's role as one of the few historically black colleges and universities to ...
Joseph N. Gayles Jr. (August 7, 1937 - October 2, 2008) was a chemist and President of Talladega College, best known for his work to found the Morehouse School of Medicine in 1975. Gayles was born in Birmingham, Alabama , where he graduated Ullman High School in 1954.
In 2014, William R. Harvey, an alumnus of Talledega College, and his family, donated $1.3 million to Talladega College which established an art museum in Harvey's name. [1] [2] [3] Groundbreaking for the museum took place in November 2017. [1] The State of Alabama, led by governor Kay Ivey, donated $1.5 million to the construction efforts. [1]
Talladega College, a liberal arts college in Talladega, Alabama; USS Talladega, a Haskell-class attack transport ship of the United States Navy; Richard Petty's Talladega (also sold as Richard Petty's Rennzirkus in Germany, and as Talladega), a 1980s car racing video game "Talladega" (song), a song by Eric Church
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In 1945 he became president of Talladega College, a biracial college. Following charges by students, faculty and alumni of his "ambiguous attitude" toward racial discrimination and segregation , among other claims of competency and leadership issues, Beittel was fired in 1952.
Ponder was the 28th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the first Greek-letter collegiate organization established for African Americans. He is the vice-chairman the fraternity's World Policy Council, a think tank whose purpose is to expand Alpha Phi Alpha's involvement in politics, and social and current policy to encompass international concerns.